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Proposal to legalize marijuana hits snag due to delayed public notice


Proposal to legalize marijuana hits snag due to delayed public notice
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By WLBT Digital | May 10, 2021 at 7:27 AM CDT - Updated May 10 at 1:07 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A publishing error will delay a new proposal to make smoking marijuana in Mississippi legal wherever cigarette smoking is allowed.
Initiative 77 would let voters decide whether to legalize cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana.
It would also authorize a 7% sales tax on the products and allow marijuana smoking wherever tobacco smoking is permitted. It proposes to replace Initiative 65, the medical marijuana ballot measure that voters approved in November.
The Secretary of State’s Office says an initial notice about the initiative did not appear in all the newspapers as required by law because of an error by an affiliate of the Mississippi Press Association. ....

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Mississippi marijuana proposal hits snag over public notice


Mississippi marijuana proposal hits snag over public notice
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSMay 7, 2021 GMT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Signature gathering will be delayed for a broad-based marijuana legalization proposal in Mississippi because of an error in notifying the public about the ballot initiative, the secretary of state’s office said Friday.
Initiative 77 would legalize cultivation, possession and use of marijuana, authorize a 7% sales tax on the products and allow marijuana smoking wherever tobacco smoking is allowed. It proposes to replace Initiative 65, the medical marijuana ballot measure that voters approved in November.
Mississippi law requires the secretary of state to publish the title and summary for each proposed initiative within 10 days after those documents are filed The notice must appear in “a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation” in the state. ....

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